South Africa

A group of retired educators are often seen in fellowship on the golf course. The fact that these are not mundane outings is demonstrated in this article by Thayalan Reddy an ardent member who is a Fulbright linguistics scholar. Indians playing golf are perhaps like Bengal tigers coming out of the woods (pun definitely intended) to assail an unwary public. But not everyone is cognisant of the creative linguistic phenomenon that occurs when Indians take enthusiastically to teeing off at the course. Our group is a merry mix of north and south- with the south dominating. So when Sardar is ...

By Dasarath Chetty The community of Indian South Africans is approximately 1.3 million strong; a relatively small minority when one considers that the total population is almost 52 million. However, over half this number live in Durban and surrounding areas, and over 800 000 in total live in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. It is therefore the City and Province in which Indians become a significant element in local government elections making up approximately 2,5 % of the national population and 8 % of KZNs population. Historical restrictions on freedom of movement for Indians, under Apartheid, are primarily responsible for this ...

By Surendra Thankur I received an invite from the sedate Ela Gandhi to the Phoenix Settlement Trust Centre in Inanda Durban. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was slated to attend on 9 July, the location where Gandhi launched his paper the “Indian Opinion”. I proudly related this to my wife, Rookmoney and son Sachin. “What will you tell PM Modi” asked Sachin? I being of the “children must be seen not heard” variety glared at him. “I don’t know” I replied. “But you will be there and chances are that he may greet you and ask what you have done for ...

By Dasarath Chetty Trusha Lakhani (B. Comm, CIMA) was a full time Accountant at various corporates. Inspired by the teachings of her Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar she has now become a full time Yoga teacher practicing in Durban where the movement is growing by leaps and bounds. Dasarath Chetty spoke to Trusha about her approach to Yoga. How did you first become interested in Yoga? It started as an interest in a form of exercise which was more gentle and appeared less challenging than most high impact sports. After getting a taste of it and experiencing the increase of ...

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